For my extra special friends—that’s you—I’ve got something incredible to share. But first, promise that you won’t tell anyone, or at least just guide them to my directions here—that’s okay—but only if they’re on your absolute bestie list.
One day last week, I noticed my
neighbor a few doors down loading and unloading several five-gallon buckets
from the back of his SUV. The guy is the ultra-handy sort and always up to
do-it-yourself projects, one after another that make mere mortals feel even
more ordinary.
Sometimes, I like to walk past his
house to get ideas for my own projects, or to enjoy the mental challenge on the
way home of trying to find time that doesn’t exist in my schedule to take on
one more job.
Anyway, this time my reason was
pure snooping, nothing principled, idealistic, or industrious as I strolled past
looking like I had nothing better to do than enjoy the settling dusk, but
instead spied purple water in one of his buckets—not just plain purple water,
but a gleam of violet phosphorescence haloed the surface. I lingered behind a
bush, and my neighbor poured the elixir on his bougainvillea vines, rose
bushes, and creeping sunshine mimosa. Before my eyes, those plants grew thicker
foliage, more abundant blooms, and headier fragrances so strong that I was
delirious with the scent in my nose even after I returned home.
The next morning, when he loaded
the empty buckets, I followed him to the back of our housing area, along the
pot-holed construction road to this unmarked well. Since then, I’ve worked my
own magic on my jasmine vines, which are now engulfing the porch with sweet,
angelic, popcorn-like blooms…and the secret is now yours.
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